Garment-clasp.



PA'IBNTED APR. 7,190.8.

J. H. PILKINGTON. GARMENT CLASP. APPLIOATION FILED JULY 2a, 1907.

l A fr0/mfr UNITED 'srArEs-lPMENT oEEioE.

JOSEPH H. I ILKINGTON, OF WATERBURY, GONNECTICUT'.JA

GARMENT-cmsr.

To all whom ci 'may concern:

Bei known that I, JOSEPH H. PILKING- TON, a citizen of the'Un-itedStates, residing at Waterbury, county of New Haven, State ofConnecticut, have invented a new and useful Garment-Clasp, of which thefollowing is aspecification.' I This invention relates to the lever typeof garment clasps and has for its object to pro'- closed by a ever andadapted for general use as upon stocking and other garment supportersand as a necktie holder, the special object of the present inventionbeing to simand cheapengthe construction and to ot shorten the clasp andincrease the resiliency of the spring jaw, thereby greatly improving theoperation of the clasp in use.

With these and other ,objects in view I have devised the novel clasp, ofwhichthe following description in connection with the accompanyingdrawings is a specification, reference .characters being used toindicate the several parts:

Figure' 1 is a top plan view of my novel clasp, the lever and spring jawbeing in the closing position; Fig. 2 an inverted plan view corresonding therewith; Fig. /3 a side elevation, t ve springxjaw being in theopen position; Fig. 4 a longitudinal section, the clasp being shown asattached to a web and the spring jaw and lever bing in the lclosingposition; Fig.- 5 an inverted lan viewshowing a form in which the web sot at the forward 35 end is omitted; and Fig. 6 is a plan view'of theblank from which both jaws -and the spring are formed.

The novel feature ofthe present invention twist when the aws are placedparallel tol each other and t e torsion of the connection providing thenecessa s ring.

10 denotes a jaw wxc for convenience I will term the fixed jaw, 11 thespring jaw, 12 the spring connection and 13 the closing lever as awhole. The closing lever com rises a inger pliece 14, a bearing piece 15w 'ch engages t e spring jaw to force it to the closing position, andlugs or trunnions 16 which ena'g'e holes 17 in ears 18 which are formedintegral with the fixed jaw and arev bent to a position at right anglesthereto. Spring j Specification of Letters Patent. l

Application filed July 23, 1907. Serial No. 385,196.

duce an improved clasp having a spring jawplete the clas lies inthe factthat both jaws and the s ring are formed from a single piece of meta thejaws being connected by a strip attached toI Patented April 7, 1908. i

connection 12 is formed by cutting slots 20 in the blank on oppositesides of a connection, which is indicated by 19, said slots eX- tendinginward froin opposite sides of the blank and being preferably rounded,as shown, at the closed ends. y The jaws are blanked out,- as shown inFig. 6, with the connection 19 between them, formed by cutting theslot-s 2O on op osite sides thereof. The connection is attacllied tolthe opposite sides of the inner ends of the jaws. In order to give amle length to the connection, it may be blanke out as in Figo, in whichthe connection is shown as extending outward from the portion of theblank which forms the rear end of the spring jaw, then curved and'ex-'tending parallel with the ends of the jaws,

between them, and then curved inward and Y the desired shape to theiixed jaw, the clasp is completed by placing the jaws in a super-- posedposition. In placing the jaws in this position, a halt` turn or twist isgiven to the connection, thereby making of it a torsion spring, theaction of which is to throw the spring jaw to the open position. Thistwistof the connectionV and the formation thereby of a torsion springenables me tov make thejaws of a clasp 'ust as short as may berequired.\ I thus ma e a very neat and compact clasp Vwith ample springpower and at a greatl reduced cost of construction, as

I am enab ed to effect not only a saving in the amount of metal requiredbut a reduction of the number of operations required to com- Thespecialshape of the jaws or the mode of connecting the web thereto iswholly unimportant so far asv the present invention is concerned, as inynoveljspring. connection is equally applicable to the various styles oflever clasps in general use.v The web which 1 60 is indicated by 21, maybe secured to the clasp by passing it through the slot 22, in the rearend thereoj, which is produced when the connection is twisted and-theportions of the blank Which'form the jaws are bent to the 105 super osedposition, the slot 22 of the complete clasp corresponding with andcomprising the slots 20 on the opposite sides of the connection 19 ofthe blank, and the closed ends of slots 20, which are on opposite lsidesof the blank, forming the closed ends of slot 22 of the clasp.

If referred, the web may be attached to the c asp by passing it downwardthrough slot 22, then forward under the fixed jaw, upward over the outerend of the fixed jaw and downward .through a web slot23 near the forwardend of the iixed j aw.

In Figs. 1 to 5 inclusive, the xed jaw is shown as made box-like inform. This, however, is whollyimmaterial so far as the principle of theinvention is concerned.

Having thus described my invention I claim: j

1. A clasp comprising jaws and a spring connection attached to the jawsand given a half twist when the jaws are superposed.

2. A clasp comprising jaws and a spring connection attached to o positesides of the rear ends of the jaws an given a half twist when the jaws.are superposed.

3. A olas com rising jaws and a spring connection ormeii) integral, saidspring connection being attached to the rear ends of the jaws and givena half twist when the jaws are supergosed.

clasp comprising jaws, a spring connection attached to the jaws andgiven a half twist when they are su erposed and aoting to retain thejaws in t e open position and means for closing the jaws.'

5. A clasp comprising jaws, a spring connection attachedv to the jawsand given a half twist when they are superpcsed, one of said jaws'beingprovided with ears and a closing .lever pivoted in said ears andcomprisin a bearing piece and a finger piece.

6. clas com rising jaws and a spring connection orme from a blank havingslots extending inward from opposite sides leavingv a connection betweenthem, said connection being given a half twist when the jaws are suerposed and the slots inthe blank 4forming.; a c osed-ended slot in thecompleted clasp.

7. A clas comprising fiat j aws connected by a twisted)spring integralwith said jaws.

In testimony whereof I aiiiX my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

f JOSEPH H. PILKINGTON.

Witnesses: A A. M. CAREY,

ROBERT DENNrsoN.

